Role in IT decision-making process:Align Business & IT GoalsCreate IT StrategyDetermine IT NeedsManage Vendor RelationshipsEvaluate/Specify Brands or VendorsOther RoleAuthorize PurchasesNot Involved

Work Phone:

Company:

Company Size:

Industry:

Street Address

City:

Zip/postal code

State/Province:

Country:

Occasionally, we send subscribers special offers from select partners. Would you like to receive these special partner offers via e-mail?YesNo

Your registration with Eweek will include the following free email newsletter(s):News & Views

By submitting your wireless number, you agree that eWEEK, its related properties, and vendor partners providing content you view may contact you using contact center technology. Your consent is not required to view content or use site features.

By clicking on the "Register" button below, I agree that I have carefully read the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy and I agree to be legally bound by all such terms.

Cisco Tops in Switch, Router Market: Infonetics

Cisco continued its strong performance in the switch and router space in the first quarter, seeing its revenue jump 33 percent during the same period in 2009, according to Infonetics. The report came a day after IDC noted that Cisco grew its dominating market share in Ethernet switches and routers.

Cisco Systems continues to demonstrate its dominance in the networking space, with an Infonetics Research report saying the company was the top player in the switch and router market.

Cisco saw sharp gains in revenues in the space, according to Infonetics analyst Michael Howard.

"Cisco is on a roll, bumping up their service provider IP core and edge router revenue by 6 [percent] in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the previous quarter, and up 33 [percent] compared to the first quarter of 2009," Howard said in a statement May 26.

Some smaller vendors, including Tellabs and NEC, also posted gains in the IP router segment, while a number of other players-in particular, Alacatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Huawei-saw revenues fall.

Further reading

Overall, worldwide revenue from service provider IP edge routers, IP core routers, carrier Ethernet switches and multiservice ATM switches fell 5 percent from the previous quarter, to $2.95 billion, according to Infonetics. The firm noted that the first quarter is usually a down one for the market.

However, revenue in the space was up 14 percent over the first quarter in 2009.

Revenues in the North American carrier router and switch market grew in the first quarter, up 1.5 percent after gaining 18 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Compared to this time last year, the service provider switch and router market in North America is up 29 percent.

Carrier Ethernet switch revenue was up 8 percent from the previous quarter and 22 percent over the same period last year.

Infonetics wasn't the only market research firm to note Cisco's growth in the networking space. IDC analysts on May 25 said Cisco was the key beneficiary of the strong growth in the Ethernet switch and router space in the first quarter that was fueled in large part by the rising demand for virtualization, cloud computing, and voice and video over IP.

Cisco's market share in Ethernet switches jumped to 68.5 percent-over the 64.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009-and its share of the service provider Ethernet router space grew from 45.6 percent in the first quarter last year to 52.9 percent in the first three months this year.

Revenues for the fast-growing 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch market topped $1 billion for the first time, hitting $1.15 billion for the quarter.

Revenues in the Ethernet router market jumped 15.1 percent, according to IDC.